Is Your Religious Organisation Failing? Neglect of the Poor
Sunday, 4 Aug 2024, 10:51
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Edited by Jim McCrory, Sunday, 4 Aug 2024, 12:14
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
If your religion is
soliciting donations, where is the money going? Does the organisation specify
in detail how the money is used?
If not, run! Do not turn
back. Legally, they may not be obliged, but morally and ethically they are.
When the poor widow dropped
the coin into the treasury at the temple, Jesus approved because it was done
with the right heart condition. Besides, the upkeep of the temple was a God-given
command. So, fair enough, religious buildings and meeting places require upkeep.
However, I read about religious
leaders with their own planes. Others who fly first-class. And others who use
the funding for completely selfish motives like foreign travel, the purchase of
Rolex watches, cosying their ivory-tower nests and funding all sorts of material
stuff whilst sincere adherents in developing countries struggle in life to
support the cause.
The actions of such religions
whether online or face-to-face are a blasphemy before God.
Whoever
stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be
heard.
Is Your Religious Organisation Failing? Neglect of the Poor
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore, I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
Deuteronomy 15:11 World English Bible
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If your religion is soliciting donations, where is the money going? Does the organisation specify in detail how the money is used?
If not, run! Do not turn back. Legally, they may not be obliged, but morally and ethically they are.
When the poor widow dropped the coin into the treasury at the temple, Jesus approved because it was done with the right heart condition. Besides, the upkeep of the temple was a God-given command. So, fair enough, religious buildings and meeting places require upkeep.
However, I read about religious leaders with their own planes. Others who fly first-class. And others who use the funding for completely selfish motives like foreign travel, the purchase of Rolex watches, cosying their ivory-tower nests and funding all sorts of material stuff whilst sincere adherents in developing countries struggle in life to support the cause.
The actions of such religions whether online or face-to-face are a blasphemy before God.
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Proverbs 21:4